Project Grant FA23861910062

This $244,955 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), supports theoretical and computational research to develop advanced computational tools and use them for describing the dynamical behavior of magnetic molecules connected to external electrodes and manipulated by magnetic fields. The research aims to provide a balance between computational efficiency and physical accuracy in simulating such open...

This $483,605 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research will support a collaborative research effort between the University of Wyoming and Colorado State University. The goal is to explore the unconventional magnetic properties of few-layer two-dimensional van der Waals (2D VDW) magnets, with a focus on investigating metastable magnetic phases, domain behaviors, and mechanisms underlying magnetic switching in these novel materials. The...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) provides $480,014 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2026. The funding supports research to engineer novel magnetic garnet thin film materials through interface and site occupancy control. Key objectives include developing magnetic garnet superlattices, films with ordered rare...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation will fund the establishment of a versatile magnetic property measurement system at Florida State University totaling $219,404. The system will facilitate studies of magnetic behavior across different length scales and conditions, impacting areas such as inorganic and organic chemistry, condensed matter physics, chemical physics, and materials science. As part of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program, it will support research and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) supports research on novel spin textures in non-centrosymmetric magnetic materials at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), Norfolk State University, and Rice University. The $950,566 award will fund the synthesis and characterization of materials such as SCTMGe (TM = Fe, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu), Mn-doped SCFeGe, and chiral magnetic oxides. Key objectives include determining the...

This three-year, $566,530 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Materials Research under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports research at Clemson University focused on synthesizing new materials displaying unusual optical and magnetic properties. Researchers will use high-temperature hydrothermal methods to grow high-quality single crystals of low-dimensional transition metal oxyanions for characterization of their magnetic...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Materials Research, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $168,312 to William Marsh Rice University to conduct collaborative research on understanding and manipulating magnetism and spin dynamics in two-dimensional intercalated van der Waals magnets. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) establish precisely controlled intercalation-magnetism relations and create a phase...

This $416,841 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) program supports research by professors Farnaz A. Shakib and Mengqiang Zhao at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to develop electrically conductive and magnetically bi-stable coordination polymers (Bi-CCPs). The goal is to create a new class of tunable, high-conductivity materials suitable for applications like electronic switches, quantum sensors, and...

This two-year, $499,868 National Science Foundation project grant will fund research at the State University of New York College at Buffalo to design rare-earth kagome materials with multiple functionalities for critical roles in technologies such as high-speed computing, clean energy, automotive, and defense industries. Specifically, the grant will support efforts to discover new magnetically inspired topological phases by tuning carrier properties via design and synthesis of 4f-based...

This $532,567 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) supports theoretical research and educational activities aimed at understanding quantum magnetic materials and their potential applications in spintronics. The research will focus on developing new theories to explain experimental puzzles in antiferromagnetic spintronics and current-driven atomic/molecular spins, with the goal of using spin torque and spin...